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Jacksonville Jewish News • December 2017
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Josie Eden Sagasser will be called to the Torah Saturday, Dec. 2, at Beth El, the Beaches Synagogue. Josie is the daughter of Melinda Greenfield and Carl Sagasser and sister of Nathan Sagasser. Proud grandparents are Gail and Stanley Greenfield and Josie Sagasser her great grandparents of blessed memory were Sally and David Safer and her great-great grandfather was Rev. Benjamin Safer, the first Orthodox rabbi in Jacksonville. Josie is in the seventh grade at Landrum Middle School and is on the ‘A’ honor roll and in the gifted program. She plays tuba in windensemble and participates in drum line, and jazz band. She is also on the bylaws committee for student council. The Bat Mitzvah to be takes Muy Thai, a form of martial arts and enjoys lifting weights In the gym with her family. She also attends summer camp at Camp Ramah Darom in Clayton, Ga. Hope Freedman, daughter of Karen and Michael Freedman, will be called to the Torah on the occasion of her Bat Mitzvah, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018, at Beth El - The Beaches Synagogue. Sharing in the simcha will be her older sister Grace, grandparents Carol Freedman and Norman Freedman (of blessed memory) from Jacksonville, and Sybil and Larry Michalove of Birmingham, Ala., in addition to many other friends and family. Hope is in the seventh grade gifted program at Landrum Middle School in Ponte Vedra Beach. She enjoys dancing and spending time with friends and family. Hope’s love of dance led her to choose for her mitzvah project a charity called ‘Traveling Tutus’. This organization collects, packages and ships dance costumes to children all over the world. Traveling Tutus primarily
donates to children in orphanages, children’s homes, title-one schools, foster care, or other non profits. Hope has been Hope Freedman collecting dance costumes with the help of her dance studio since September and plans to continue this collection every year.
Sympathies
… To the family of Sam Bono, who passed away Wednesday, Oct. 25, at the age of 80. Graveside funeral services were held Oct. 27 at the New Center Cemetery in Jacksonville. Memorial contributions may be directed to River Garden Senior Services or to the Jacksonville Humane Society. … To the family of Olga Tyson, who passed away, Tuesday, Oct. 31, at the age of 93. She is survived by her children Michael (Jean) Tyson, Diane Leino, Joseph Tyson; sister Ella Rogozinski; and granddaughters Amber Leino and Erica (Louis) Roig. She was predeceased by her husband Henry and sister Helene Pollan. A graveside funeral service took place Nov. 3, at the New Center Cemetery in Jacksonville. … To the family of Perry Cohen, who passed away Thursday, Nov. 9 at the age of 95. He is survived by his wife Shirley, children Danny, Rick, Mark, Marjie Nealon (Tom) and seven grandchildren. A graveside funeral service was held Nov. 12 at King David Garden (Greenlawn Cemetery) in Jacksonville and a meal of consolation followed at The Temple. The family requests that contributions in memory of Cohen be made to The Temple’s General Fund. … To the family of Doris Singer who passed away Wednesday, Nov. 15th at the age of 84. She is survived by her husband Fred
Singer; children Ilene (Jeffrey) Levenson, Gary Singer (Sue Ventura), and Richard (Dana) Singer; grandchildren Annie Levenson (Peter Ganong), Rachel (Ross) Carlson, Sara Singer, Brian Levenson, Eric Levenson, Josh Singer and Martin Singer; and greatgrandchild Ruth. Funeral services were held Nov. 19 at the HardageGiddens Mandarin Funeral Home Chapel in Jacksonville, followed by interment in the New Center Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be directed to the League of Women Voters Education Fund or the charity of your choice. … To the family of Ragen Shapiro, who passed away Wednesday, Nov. 22. She is survived by her husband Harry Shapiro, children Chana and Sruli Shapiro, mother Sandi Roth and brother Chaim (Bryna) Roth. She was the daughter of Torah Academy of Jacksonville’s founder, Mr. Robert Roth (of blessed memory). The funeral service took place Nov. 24 in the Etz Chaim Section of Arlington Park Cemetery. Shiva was observed at the home of Harry Shapiro. … To the family of Jacksonville Jewish Center member Irma Blattner, who passed away Wednesday, Nov. 22 at the age of 84. She is survived by her husband Sheldon; children Craig (Jody) Blattner, Gail (Larry) Kaplan; grandchildren Michael (Jennifer) Blattner, Carly (Marshall) Haslett, Allie Blattner, David Kaplan, Daniel Kaplan, Nathan Kaplan; and great-granddaughter Brenna Blattner. A graveside funeral service took place Nov. 27th at the New Center Cemetery in Jacksonville. Contributions in Mrs. Blattner’s memory may be directed to the Jacksonville Jewish Center or to River Garden Hebrew Home. To submit an item for life cycles, please email it to jjn@ jewishjacksonville.org. Due date is the 6th of the month. For guidelines of how to write Bar/Bat Mitzvah, wedding or obituary announcements, go to jewishjacksonville.org/news under “Share your news.”
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